ASA Greater Philadelphia is committed to combating many of the difficulties associated with immigration and the resettlement process, and it has sought to continually expand its services to fit the needs of the increasing immigrant population, especially those coming from Anambra State, Nigeria. In order to address the aforementioned challenges, ASA-Phila runs a series of programs to assist in dealing with the problems this population faces. These programs include: immigration counseling, refugee and asylee assistance, citizenship counseling, job seeking assistance through networking, and youth programs. ASA-Phila also organizes workshops and seminars that bring immigrants, social service providers, attorneys, and public officials together on issues relevant to our community. Our goal is to integrate entire families into our community center where we are best able to refer them to further services that they may need. We want Philadelphia to feel like home to our new immigrants. Providing a half-way house for new Nigerian immigrants and helping them to adapt to their new environment is another way this great association helps new immigrants here in Philadelphia. We cuurently run this program through member help, we hope to provide a good facility in the future that will double as temporary home for new Immigrants. This facility will also serve as a cultural center for demonstrating and preserving Anambra State’s rich culture and cultural artifacts in this region.

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Immigrant Education and Awareness Initiatives:

 

We also help to educate our community about Immigration Laws that can help of affect their statue. Good example is  President Barack Obama’s executive order of two months ago creating the Deferred Action for Childhood. The president’s order made it possible for young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States by their parents to defer deportation and obtain the necessary paperwork to work and go to school. Critics called it executive branch overreach. Congress was guilty of underreach. It dilly-dallied on any lasting solution to America’s very real immigration problem, so the president took matters into his own hands. His order made it clear to up to 1.7 million young people, many of them Africans and Latinos, that the only country most of them have called home wasn’t about to kick them out simply because the U.S. immigration system was broken.